Title :
First field trial of an OpenFlow-based unified control plane for multi-layer multi-granularity optical networks
Author :
Liu, Lei ; Zhang, Dongxu ; Tsuritani, Takehiro ; Vilalta, Ricard ; Casellas, Ramon ; Hong, Linfeng ; Morita, Itsuro ; Guo, Hongxiang ; Wu, Jian ; Martínez, Ricardo ; Muñoz, Raül
Author_Institution :
KDDI R&D Labs. Inc., Fujimino, Japan
Abstract :
We report a world first field trial of an OpenFlow-based unified control plane for multilayer multi-granularity optical networks, verifying its overall feasibility and efficiency, and quantitatively evaluating the latencies for end-to-end path creation and restoration.
Keywords :
optical burst switching; optical engineering computing; telecommunication network routing; OpenFlow based unified control plane; end-to-end path creation; multilayer multigranularity optical networks; optical burst switching; optical circuit switching; path restoration; Hardware; IP networks; Optical network units; Optical reflection; Optical switches; Transponders;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
